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1) selects the coupon
2) stores it in a variable, boxed in an HTML table
3) echos the variable
4) asks for To and From e-mail addresses and an optional message
Here's that page's code:
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<?php
$id = $_GET['id'];
$conn = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root') or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);
mysql_select_db('ctyi', $conn) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);
$select = "SELECT blah, blah, blah . . .";
$query = mysql_query($select);
$str = "";
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {
$str .= "<html>";
$str .= "<body>";
$str .= "<table>";
$str .= "<tr>";
$str .= "<td>";
$str .= "Offer: <a href=\"" . $row['bmurl'] . "\">" . $row['anch'] . "</a><br />";
$str .= "Store: " . $row['adv'];
$str .= "<br /> Expires: ";
$str .= (empty($row['formated_date']) ? $row['expun'] : $row['formated_date']);
$str .= "<br /> Instructions: ";
$str .= (empty($row['code']) ? $row['instr'] : $row['code']);
$str .= "</td>";
$str .= "</tr>";
$str .= "</table>";
$str .= "</body>";
$str .= "</html>";
}
echo "$str";
echo "<form action=\"email-processor.php\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<table>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"id\" value=\"" . htmlentities($str,ENT_QUOTES) . "\" />";
echo "Additional words (optional):<br />
<textarea name=\"message\" rows=\"5\" cols=\"35\"></textarea>";
echo "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>* Send to:<br />
<textarea name=\"to\" rows=\"1\" cols=\"35\"></textarea></td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>* From:<br />
<input name=\"from\" size=\"25\" /></td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"send\" value=\"Send\" /></td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "</table>";
echo "</form>";
mysql_close($conn);
?>
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When the visitor clicks "Submit", they are sent to the following page, which is supposed to process the e-mail and send me a confirmation message:
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<?php
$to = $_POST['to'];
$from = $_POST['from'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$body = html_entity_decode($_POST['id'],ENT_QUOTES);
$headers = "From: $from";
$subject = "This Might Be of Use to You . . . !";
$me = "contact@mydomain.com";
$subject2 = "Confirmation";
$autoreply = "Confirmation that someone's sent a coupon to a friend.";
$headers2 = "From: $from";
if ($to == '') {
echo "<p>You have not entered the recipient's e-mail.</p>";
} elseif ($from == '') {
echo "<p>You have not entered your e-mail address.</p>";
} else {
$send = mail($to, $subject, $body, $message, $headers);
$send2 = mail($me, $subject2, $autoreply, $headers2);
if($send) {
echo "<p>Thank you!</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>Sorry! An error occurred.</p>";
}
}
?>
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Basically, it doesn't work. All I keep seeing is, "Sorry! An error occured."
1) What have I done wrong?
2) How can I join $message and $body?
3) Will having <html> and </html> tags echoed on my page (in the variable) cause a problem?
Any help will be so appreciated.
mail($to, $subject, $body, $message, $headers);
Should be:
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
or:
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
I`m guessing thats why its failing.
dc
I have now concatenated $body and $message ($message = $body . $message;) and the mail function works!
However, the e-mail arrives as a mass of HTML code in my Yahoo! and gmail accounts, and although it arrives looking OK in my AOL account, the links don't work when you click them.
I have added a DOCTYPE, but still no joy.
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
Here's the code:
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<?php
$to = $_POST['to'];
$from = $_POST['from'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$body = html_entity_decode($_POST['id'],ENT_QUOTES);
$headers = "From: $from\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$subject = "This Might Be of Use to You . . . !";
$body = $message . "<br /><br />" . $body;
$message = "";
$message .= "<html>";
$message .= "<body>";
$message .= $body;
$message .= "</body>";
$message .= "</html>";
$me = "contact@mysite.com";
$subject2 = "Confirmation!";
$autoreply = "Someone's sent a coupon to a friend.";
$headers2 = "From: $from\r\n";
if ($to == '') {
echo "<p>You have not entered the recipient's e-mail.</p>";
} elseif ($from == '') {
echo "<p>You have not entered your e-mail.</p>";
} else {
$send = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
$send2 = mail($me, $subject2, $autoreply, $headers2);
if($send) {
echo "<p>Thank you!</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>Sorry! An error occurred.</p>";
}
}
?>
When I select the coupon and store it in the variable (see first post), the link is stored with the backslashes:
<a href=\"\">anchor</a>
I then send the coupon off in the e-mail, still with the backslashes.
How can I do it without the backslashes? Anyone know?
Apparently, there's a specific function for this: stripslashes(). All I had to do was strip the backslashes from my variable before sending it off in an e-mail.
Cool! I love this PHP stuff! It's exciting!
dc
